Re: Bypassing Interface Builder

FROM : glenn andreas
DATE : Wed May 14 18:13:12 2008

On May 14, 2008, at 10:58 AM, I. Savant wrote:

>> The issue could also be addressed from the other direction.  How 
>> far behind
>> the scenes do you want to go?  Should one program only with structs 
>> and C
>> functions because polymorphism and dynamic binding do things for 
>> you "behind
>> the scenes"?

>
>  I had started to say much the sam thing (only was using assembly as
> my extreme example) but decided against it. :-) Very valid point,
> though.
>


Also, when you support localization, you really need to use NIBs. 
Different languages can easily require different layouts, due to 
string lengths (German UI text tends to be _much_ longer often 
requiring serious re-do of layouts), cultural norms (Left to Right vs 
Right to Left), etc....  If you do everything in code, you're going to 
have to figure out what the current locale/language is, map it to what 
languages you support, and then do your layout from there.  By using 
NIBs, you can just have a different layout with a differently 
localization and the system takes care of everything else.



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